EA net bookings up 21% YoY, driven by EA Sports, Jedi Survivor
Electronic Arts Q1 2024 earnings report revealed that the company’s quarterly net bookings totaled $1.578 billion, up 21% year-on-year. Net revenue totaled $1.924 billion...
SypherPK’s Rocket Wars UEFN map playtime rivals Among Us on Steam
Epic’s new Unreal Editor for Fortnite is allowing creators to reach the battle royale’s audience with their own maps. While many studios have launched...
100 Thieves debuts Bank Heist custom Fortnite Map
Esports and lifestyle organization 100 Thieves announced the launch of its first game project, Bank Heist. The project was developed in-house using Epic Games’...
Konvoy: Games venture funding declines in Q2 2023, ripe for M&A
Venture capital funding for gaming continues to decline in Q2 2023, per Konvoy Ventures latest games industry report. However, the venture firm believes this...
Daedalic closes game development after Gollum flop
Daedalic Entertainment, formerly a developer of point-and-click adventure games and most recently The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, is shutting down internal game development...
How game companies manage their reputation — and why it matters
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Carrots over sticks: Promoting positive player behavior
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Tears of the Kingdom tops the May best-seller list | Circana May 2023
In what I’m sure is the most shocking news of this month, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game...
SuperScale raises $5.4M to grow games revenue SaaS platform
SuperScale has raised $5.4 million to expand its SaaS platform for mobile game developers and publishers. The platform aims to maximize a game’s commercial...
FTC seeks injunction to block $68.7B Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Updated June 13 6:30pm — The FTC has been granted a temporary injunction blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The parties are expected to...